It has been decades since US car companies and their products were viewed as superior to their foreign counterparts, particularly those made by Japanese automakers. Positive ratings of the automobile industry spiked…
Bloomberg recently pointed out that Honda Motor (NYSE: HMC) has a profit advantage over many of its Japanese manufacturing peers because it decided to build products in the United States more than…
Reuters:Â Â Korean National Oil made a bid for UK firm Dana Petroleum Reuters:Â Â Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) shares dropped on concern about a tech slowdown. Reuters:Â Â Potash (NYSE: POT)…
Reuters:Â Â Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd settled a sexual harassment case from reality TV star Jodie Fisher. Reuters:Â Â HP will signal its direction based on the background of its new…
Reuters:Â Â Romer left her job as a top Obama economic adviser. Reuters:Â BP plc (NYSE: BP) has cemented its leak in advance of a permanent plug. Reuters:Â Â Saudi Arabia continued talks with…
Back in 2008, when gasoline pump prices were on a steady march to $4/gallon, the Prius hybrid electric car from Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) was selling like hotcakes in the US. Toyota…
The plug-in hybrid, a car that uses the same socket as a vacuum cleaner, or at least one close it, has gotten the full force of backing from the Obama Administration. The…
Honda Motor Co. (NYSE: HMC) President Takanobu Ito plans to capitalize on the global shift toward smaller cars that offer advanced technology to reduce both petroleum consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Ito…
There hasn’t been an official announcement yet, but it seems that Honda Motor Co. (NYSE: HMC) will stop building its gasoline-powered Civic for the domestic Japanese market. The company will also stop…
MarketWatch:Â Â AgBank rose after its debut on the Hong Kong market. Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) settled with the SEC for $550 million. Reuters:Â Â BP plc (NYSE: BP) capped the flow…
China’s car sales increases slowed very sharply in June, up only 10% compared to the same month last year, according to the China Automotive Technology & Research Center. The news comes four…
GE (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Immelt, speaking at a business gathering in Italy savaged China and President Obama. In an unusual move, GE said that Immelt’s comments did not reflect the views…
Honda says that its factory output in China fell nearly 20% in the month of May. The labor dispute between Chinese workers and the Japanese car company worsened in June, so its…
Douglas A. McIntyre Ford Motor (NYSE: F) stock is down more than 23% during the last three months, which is significantly more than Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) or Honda Motor (NYSE: HMC). At first glance,…
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) CEO Akia Toyoda spent most of the company’s annual meeting today trying to gain back shareholder trust and explain how the Japanese automaker will regain its footing. “I…
